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He explains: “We met up to start talking about the show and we are working out a role for him.

“He loves acting, of course he wanted a part.

“He’s going to be really hands on and is getting stuck into it.”

Drake previously shared his love for Top Boy in a series of tweets after it was picked up by Netflix.

While Drake has mastered the music world – he holds 23 positions in the UK singles charts – he has also dabbled with the small screen.

For six years from 2001 he starred in Canadian soap Degrassi: The Next Generation.

But he was forced to quit after focusing on his beats.

Drake, 30, has previously told of his desire to return to acting, saying: “Although music is my focal point now, I’d love to do a film. That was the life that I lived before and it would be interesting to live it again.”

Top Boy fans can expect a third series to appear on Netflix in 2018 with rapper Skepta also set to star.